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printing from word on chromebook

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  • john240870
    john240870 Posts: 145 Forumite
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    edited 3 July 2018 at 11:05PM
    almillar wrote: »
    Microsoft Word? Not inside a web browser? On a Chromebook? I don't think so.



    You said nothing before, this is your first post in this thread.
    john240870 wrote: »
    yes it does im using word on chromebook its the same as my phone it a app
    yes i can but as said before would be nice to print direct from word
    Sorry yes my Grammar could of been better. My Teacher was always having a go at me in school for forgetting my Grammar.:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
  • almillar
    almillar Posts: 8,621 Forumite
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    Acer Chromebook iam using the word app on the Chromebook


    I'm still confused about this 'word app' - you're confirming it's not Google Docs, but how are you running Word on a Chromebook?!


    The problem isn't printing from the Chromebook, that works, it's this mysterious 'word app' there's a problem with.
  • Yes that's it
    Sorry for my ignorance is that not called Word "app"?
  • stragglebod
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    Hi sorry for the lack of info im using an Epson 8500 printer and a Acer Chromebook iam using the word app on the Chromebook i can print from google drive and other google apps
    Those are native Chromebook apps.


    You are trying to print from an Android app. You'll need to get Microsoft to confirm that it supports printing on Chromebooks.
  • Cornucopia
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    Yes that's it
    Sorry for my ignorance is that not called Word "app"?

    In this instance, there are three or four flavours of Word it could have been, and in order to get closer to a solution, we needed to know which it was.

    Is there a File|Share (or Sharing) menu entry? One video I saw showed a printing option (separate from the main one) under this menu.
  • When I click on print on Microsoft word i get an error message as I said before.
  • DoaM
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    What happens if you try the advice in post #17?
  • Hi yes that works if I share it
  • The Word app is an android app and it took me a while to actually realize just because something runs on Chromebook it's not necessarily created for Chromebook. The Google Docs, Sheets etc android apps are actually a lot more restricted on a Chromebook than using the apps through the browser.

    Same with Word... It is written for Android so you need an "Android Printer" - Just install the Google Cloud Print app from the Play store and you will then have access to your cloud printer from within Word. :beer:
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